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Introduction to Seniors Services Society

Programs at Capacity

At this time, the following Support Services programs are at capacity, and accepting clients onto a wait list:

Light Housekeeping

Seniors Transportation

Support Calls

If you wish to be placed on the waitlist, please call 604-520-6621 and ask for Karl, our Better at Home & Support Services Coordinator.

Tax Preparers Needed!

Do you have experience preparing income tax forms for others? If so, we need you! Our annual tax clinic is around the corner, and we're looking for volunteer tax preparers to help out! For details, click here!

Seniors Housing Lab

Seniors Services Society of BC, along with a group of dedicated partners, have launched the Seniors Housing Stability Solutions Lab, otherwise referred to as the Seniors Housing Lab, to generate solutions to enable low income senior renters in multi-unit buildings to retain their housing, age in the right place and thrive.

For more information on the Seniors Housing Lab, please visit us here:

http://www.seniorsservicessociety.ca/Seniors_Housing_Lab.html

Raising the Profile of Community Based Seniors Services in BC

Seniors Services Society sits on the Advisory Board for Raising the profile project, which is celebrating the value of community-based seniors' services in B.C. Are you and/or your organization a signatory to the CBSS Declaration yet? You can read and sign it online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBSSDeclaration

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Free Seniors Legal Advice Clinic

The Seniors First BC (formerly BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support) is now offering a FREE ELDER LAW CLINIC at Seniors Services Society office on 750 Carnarvon Street (across the New Westminster skytrain station).

The clinic is offered the 1st Tuesday of every month from 2pm to 4pm. Please contact Seniors First BC to book an appointment with the elder law clinic at 604-336-5653.

seniorsfirstbc.ca

New Westminster Community Resource Card for Seniors

See the attached directory of resources and contacts specifically targeted for seniors. Print it out, fold it and keep it in your wallet.

Canada Revenue Agency

Fraudulent emails and phone calls - Please protect yourself!

Don’t get scammed! Beware of fraudsters claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency

Did you get a suspicious email, telephone call, letter or text message claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)? If you’re asked for personal information such as your credit card number, bank account number or passport number, this is a scam.

Keep these facts in mind: The Canada Revenue Agency will never:

ask for your personal or financial information through an unsolicited email with a link
ask for any kind of personal information through email or text message
ask for payment by prepaid credit cards or gift cards
leave your personal information on an answering machine
threaten you

Even if these messages may seem convincing, they are scams and you should never respond to them or click on any of their links.

Protect yourself

You can sign up for Account Alerts, CRA’s fraud prevention service. When you sign up through My Account or the MyCRA mobile web app, the CRA will let you know by email if your direct deposit information or your home or mailing address was changed, if mail sent to you by the CRA was returned, and if details about your representative were changed.

If you think you may have been the victim of a tax scam or have been tricked into giving out your personal or financial information, contact your local police as soon as possible because your financial security and personal identity are at risk.